A person who has never shown reasonable performance, and who has been with a company long enough for you to observe performance, probably doesn’t actually have potential, at least within that company. It doesn’t matter how good his school was, how articulate she is, how tall he is…if the employee has been with a company for a while with little to show for it, all that potential you are imagining is simply that — a figment of your imagination (or your biases). Real potential shows itself quickly. It shows itself as working hard to go the extra mile, offering insightful suggestions on problems,
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